EVACUATION PROCEDURES -
gency plan —
update for NV District

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A review of emergency
measures procedures in the
District of North Vancouver,
with a special concern to
updating evacuation
procedures, was given
tenative approval by District
council on Monday night.

The review was called for
in a notice of motion
presented by, Alderman
Peter Powell and given
approval in principle by
council.

Powell has called for the
following items;
ean update of evacuation
procedures for areas lower
than 100 feet above sea
level;
ean update of equipment
available to public
protection agencies, its
quantity, type availability
and stationing;
estudies of a hazard warning
system, in cooperation with
the ministry of defence;
ea review of hospital
procedures for dealing with
casualties arising from
emergencies.

North Vancouver City and
West Vancouver will be
invited to participate in the
review.

Another part of the
motion by Powell which
would ask the the federal
government to tighten up
regulations concerning the
transportation of explosive
and toxic materials was split
away from the review
portion and was not ac-
cepted by council.

Powell’s proposal called
for senior government to
bring in legislation raising
the roadbed on all rail track

carrying dangerous
materials, to an = in-
ternationally acceptable
standard.

The proposal would also
require transportation
companies to inform the fire
departments of
municipalities through
which dangerous materials
pass, at least six hours prior
to such movement, on a
daily basis.

In the preamble to the
presentation of his notice,
Powell said that since the
receipt of the Beak Report
he has monitored the
continent-wide and world-
wide pattern of events.

“1 do not claim,” he said,
“that disasters have become
more frequent. It ts very
probable, but it is impossible
to prove ~

“Rather, I have found that
there is a steadily increasing
degree of damage to hie,
limb and property in modern
disasters and that this rising
degree of damage 1s a
function of density and size ”

Powell said that the
District is) under = strong
Pressure tO increase’ the

density of population and
said “geographically we are
vulnerable to natural
disaster ”

“We (the council) have got
to have a good assessment of
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decisions, and then have the
foresight to insist that high
density is confined to the

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